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Arts of the Pacific Islands

Club

Fijian

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Caption

Fijian. Club, before 1848. Wood, metal, 38 in. (96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.70.

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Fijian

Title

Club

Date

before 1848

Geography

Place made: Fiji

Medium

Wood, metal

Classification

Arms and Armor

Dimensions

38 in. (96.5 cm)

Inscriptions

"War Club Sandwich Islands" written in black ink on side of blade; "38" written on side of blade in pencil and in ink; possible evidence of another number in ink on side, might be "57"; "1848.72" and "50.67.70" written on base in red

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Accession Number

50.67.70

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Artists and makers

Fijian

78 works in the collection